All they'd have to do is drop a press release saying we signed so and so... he'll be transfered here to start his career.

I guarantee they would do that. If you don't hear about the signings, then they didn't happen. But feature pieces on "look, here's a scout at a game on the beach in Curacao" will just bring back the ghost of Smiley.

Unless they are going after the highest profile guys, fans don't really care. Putting out a press release saying you signed a 16 year old noone has never heard of does matter to most people.

I'm not saying they need to state who they are going after or even where. But it isn't asking a lot to mention that they are interested in "several players" and then do like Linty said, put out a little background on each of the players.

I'm kind of worried about Rizzo's philosophy on the draft/player development. He's too willing to acquire low upside guys because they have good "makeup" I don't see many young players on the team that have high ceilings that the team wasn't gifted into getting (Strasburg, Harper). I see a lot of college seniors and #4-5 starters. That's why A.J. Cole is so important to sign. The team needs high ceiling starters in the minors.